720I or 720p?

Lee2k4

Lee2k4

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Following advise from someone who posted in my "I finally got a 360 thread" I have not gone for a 1020p HDTV, instead I bought a Goodmans 26" just to play 360 on. The bloke told me to Not use the composite connector, but the Black HD cable, plug it into the HDMI port on the back of the TV and set the console to 720p. When I asked him, why not 720i he told me that the picture will be blurry, is this true?.

Of course the problem is, I got a lot of cables with my 360 elite and I am not sure which one it is.
 
its 1080p, not 1020p. also, there is no 720i to my knowledge, only 576i and 1080i. ive not seen or heard of a 1280x720 interlaced resolution. but anyway, general rule of thumb is Progressive is always better than Interlaced.
 
james.miller said:
its 1080p, not 1020p. also, there is no 720i to my knowledge, only 576i and 1080i. ive not seen or heard of a 1280x720 interlaced resolution. but anyway, general rule of thumb is Progressive is always better than Interlaced.
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Spot on :)

720i is just generally a typo or somebody trying to sound like they know what they're on about, when realistically there is no 720i video.

720i does not exist :)

HD resolutions are

720p
1080i
1080p
With 2160p coming in about 10 years or so (probably sooner rather than later).
 
But the TV I bought is not even capable of 1080p (not to my knowledge), I thought 1080p was True HD. I just dont know what resoloution to choose.
 
Lee2k4 said:
But the TV I bought is not even capable of 1080p (not to my knowledge), I thought 1080p was True HD. I just dont know what resoloution to choose.
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Then 720p is what you want.

Unfortunately this is what happens when high street stores have to sell new technology to idiots (I don't mean you!), they over-simplify things.
 
1080 is the highest res for highest clarity

P is the top notch but better suited to slower moving pictures such as films
I is suited more to sports etc for lots of fast action.

Most 360 games come in 720 as standard and upsacle to 1080 if you set it.

My TV is 1080P native but my 360 is 720p as this provides best picture.
 
Lee2k4 said:
But the TV I bought is not even capable of 1080p (not to my knowledge), I thought 1080p was True HD. I just dont know what resoloution to choose.
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If you bought your TV simply for playing 360 games you don't need 1080p since literally all games are 720p or lower.

And you want to be using the HDMI cable if your TV supports it. Just read the instructions if your not sure which one it is :p
 
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I thought most HD tv's bought in the last 3 years or so, 720p was standard HD resoloution so when people bought the xbox 360 when it first came out, 720p was what they was using and most people still are?
 
Lee2k4 said:
But the TV I bought is not even capable of 1080p (not to my knowledge), I thought 1080p was True HD. I just dont know what resoloution to choose.
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1080p is true high definition yes :)

If your TV only supports 720p then just use that. Even if you could do 1080p, at 26" you won't notice the difference between 720p and 1080p anyway! You really do need 37"/40" plus to really see the benefits of 1080p HD.
 
spoonz said:
1080 is the highest res for highest clarity

P is the top notch but better suited to slower moving pictures such as films
I is suited more to sports etc for lots of fast action.

Most 360 games come in 720 as standard and upsacle to 1080 if you set it.

My TV is 1080P native but my 360 is 720p as this provides best picture.
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no! interlaced certainly isnt the choice for fast paced action. 1080p would be best 1080p60 would be the ultimate. 1080i has half the horizontal resolution and can cause problems with panning shots and fast action. not just because of the resolution but also because of the usually pretty poor deinterlacers found in tv's.
 
Lee2k4 said:
I thought most HD tv's bought in the last 3 years or so, 720p was standard HD resoloution so when people bought the xbox 360 when it first came out, 720p was what they was using and most people still are?
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Yes. The only reason for 1080p at the moment is for blu-ray pretty much, but even so experts claim that it's probably the least important factor in picture quality.

And I mean your TV is 26", you wouldn't even notice the difference between 720p and 1080p anyway.

Literally all games are 720p or lower, so if you had a 1080p it would simply upscale the image to fit 1080p resolution which degrades the quality of the image, especially if it's not a top end TV.
 
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Thank you for that explanation, So I plug the HDMI cabe into the HDMI port on the back of the console? This brings another thing to mind, if the recent 360's are the only ones that had a HDMI port, how are people with older 360's getting a HD picture, through? composite?
 
If you have the ability to use HDMI then use that.

The cable will look like this....

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Failing that, use a component connection.

It'll be 5 connectors on a cable, 3 for video 2 for audio.
The ends will be colour coded. Green,Red, Blue for video... and then Red and White for audio.

Component and HDMI give pretty similar video quality, I doubt you'd be able to notice the difference.
 
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Lee2k4 said:
Thank you for that explanation, So I plug the HDMI cabe into the HDMI port on the back of the console? This brings another thing to mind, if the recent 360's are the only ones that had a HDMI port, how are people with older 360's getting a HD picture, though composite?
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Composite isn't a HD connector. Component on the other hand is (as explained in my previous post).

I've got an older 360 and connect via component. I have my PS3 connected via HDMI and you can't really tell the difference in picture quality between the two.

Switching to the Wii which is connected via scart however.... that's a whole different kettle of fish :eek:
 
nikebee said:
Component and HDMI give pretty similar video quality, I doubt you'd be able to notice the difference.
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The guy who sold me the TV said " My mate was using composite until I switched the lead over for him to HDTV lead and the difference was amazing" Maybe general sales BS or he was right.
 
nikebee said:
Composite isn't a HD connector. Component on the other hand is (as explained in my previous post).

I've got an older 360 and connect via component. I have my PS3 connected via HDMI and you can't really tell the difference in picture quality between the two.

Switching to the Wii which is connected via scart however.... that's a whole different kettle of fish :eek:
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The component is the box with the 5 leads attached to it with a switch on it saying TV HDTV?
 
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